#E8CAED#E8CAED

#E8CAED is a very light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.655; OKLCH L 87.5% C 0.057 H 321.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8CAED
RGB	rgb(232, 202, 237)
HSL	hsl(291, 49%, 86%)
HSV	hsv(291, 15%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 14.8%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.75, 16.60, -13.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.75, 21.30, 321.18°)
OKLab	oklab(87.49% 0.0449 -0.0358)
OKLCH	oklch(87.49% 0.057 321.4)
XYZ	xyz(69.6831, 65.5122, 89.0786)
Luminance	0.6551 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8CAED #CFEDCA

analogous

#D6CAED #E8CAED #EDCAE0

triadic

#E8CAED #EDE8CA #CAEDE8

tetradic

#E8CAED #EDD6CA #CFEDCA #CAE0ED

square

#E8CAED #EDD6CA #CFEDCA #CAE0ED

split-complementary

#E8CAED #E0EDCA #CAEDD6

monochromatic

#C06FCE #D49CDD #E8CAED #F5E8F7 #F5E8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#E8CAED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.10

#E8CAED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8CAED

14.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8CAED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8CAED	1.00	1.49	14.10	14.10
#FFFFFF	1.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7D1EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDD5EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9CDD6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8caed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 202, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.5% 0.057 321.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efdaf2',
    500: '#e8caed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8caed;
$custom-light: #efdaf2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8caed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 291.429,
    "s": 49.296,
    "l": 86.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87486,
    "c": 0.05738,
    "h": 321.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.65511
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8CAED

secondary

#9ACA92

accent

#BD293E

background

#FFFEFF

surface

#FEFBFE

border

#D6D4D6

text

#161417

muted

#858385

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8CAED

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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